Sunday. I spent the entire day in the basement. Except for that one nap in the middle of the day. Assembled the aileron. Match drilled the skins. Disassembled the whole mess. Debured, dimpled, countersunk the spar, cleaned all the edges, and generally got all of the parts ready for reassembly. Sure felt like more work that the description implys. I can't remember if I described how I did the counterbalance tube. Vans instructions want the tube drilled to the nose ribs first. When I did that I tried to be as accurate as possible but when I was done the nose ribs were not level with each other. When you get to the part of assembly to match drill I colecoed the nose skin, nose ribs to the spar and just placed the tube inside loose. with everything colecoed together the counterbalance tube is held tightly in place. I drilled the holes along the leading edge and colecoed as I went along. After match drilling the rest of the aileron, when I took it all apart I left the nose ribs and counterbalance tube inside the nose skin. The skin wants to bow out in the middle so I used tape to hold the skin together approximately the same width as the spar. With everything together I drilled the tube through one hole in the nose rib and colecoed. I then removed the colecos on the skin and the tape to gain access to the other hole in the nose rib. The skin and one hole in the tube holds the nose rib in place to get the other hole drilled. With both ends done this way the nose ribs and tube lay completely flat with no twist. I don't know if this helps but it is what I did. If this helps the one other person that reads this, you're welcome. Reassemble in preparation of the final rivets.
